Asus SABERTOOTH X79

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH X79 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 23:05
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 171 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 563 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 84% 110 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 102 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 238 263 291 269 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 450 Mixed 388 SusWrite 262 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 40.7 139% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 35GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 431 419 401 391 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 462 Mixed 369 SusWrite 360 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 35.9 120% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 555GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 236 231 225 231 240 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.4% Good	Read 255 Write 244 Mixed 238 SusWrite 232 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 36 115% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 131 188 140 146 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 168 Mixed 85 SusWrite 141 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical SABERTOOTH X79 Builds (Compare 1,783 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - $335

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	436x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	384x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	77x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16